Page lifter



July 26, 1949. H STTTUM 2,477,215

PAGEy LIFTER Filed Nov. 24, 1945 lhylw@ Patented Jul-y 26, 1949 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE Application November 24, 1945, Serial No. 630,671In Norway November 2, 1943 2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to musical note-books or the like and the objectof the invention is to provide means, which will facilitate the turningof the pages when the musical note-book is in use. The means accordingto this invention can of course also be used in connection with otherbooks or pamphlets, when it is desirable to provide for easy turn overof the pages.

For this object the invention principally consists in that to the righthand page of the book, preferably very close to the edge of same, thereis attached a ribbon or the like, the other end of which is attached tothe left hand page of the book adjacent the right hand side of thispage, the said ribbon being given such a length, that the right handedge Of the right page will be tightened and lifted up from the pagebeneath it when the book is opened.

The structure according to this invention is very simple and will havevery little eect on the appearance of the 'book When it is closed, andits function takes place automatically when the book is opened.

In order that this invention shall be easily understood, it ywill bedescribed hereinafter with reference to the drawing, showing a preferredembodiment.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a musical note-bookin open position.

Fig. 2 is a side View of the book, seen from the lower edge thereof.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 buitl as shown just at a time whenone page is turned over.

In the dra-wing I denotes the left hand page of the musical note-book, 2the right hand page. To the right hand page close to its edge there israttached one end of a ribbon 3, the other end of which is attached tothe left hand `page 4. The attaclnnent of the ribbon to the right handpage may be very close to the edge of the page or, if desired, in theneighbor-hood of the middle part of the same. ".Uhe attachment of theribbon to the ileft hand page is adjacent to the right hand edge of thesame, the length of the ribbon 3 is so chosen, that it is shorter thanthe distance 2 between the two points of attachment when the book withits pages in open position is placed on a flat table, whereby the ribbon3 will perform a lifting of the lower right corner of the right handpage when the book is opened, as can be seen in the drawing.

When the page 2 is turned over from the right hand side to the leftside, as shown in Fig. 3, the ribbon 3 will bend itself about itsattachment place 4, and will not prevent the complete turnover of theIpage 2 on the left hand.

I claim:

1. A device to facilitate the turning over of fthe pages in booksattached together along one side forming the back of the book, saiddevice consisting in a ribbon oct flexible material attached at one endto one of two adjacent pages, and at the other end to the other of saidtwo pages, the straight line distance between the two points ofattachment with the pages opened up in the same plane being shorter thanthe length of the ribbon, and the point of attachment to the left handpage being close to the meeting line between the pages, -while the4point of attachment to the right hand page is in the neighborhood ofthe outer edge of the same.

2. A book comprising a plurality of pages, and a ribbon connected to atone end to the upper surface of the left of a pair of open pagesadjacent the right edge thereof, and at the other end to the uppersurface of the right page adjacent the right edge thereof, said ribbonbeing of a length less than the distance between the points ofattachment to the page when said pages are open, but greater than .thedistance between the points of attachment when the pages are closed.

HERMAN ST'I'TUM.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS v Name Date Lucas et al Aug. 26,1941 Number

